Publications

Featured Publications 

World Rivers Review, December 2008
Special Focus on River Restoration

World Rivers Review is the foremost international publication devoted to river issues and appropriate freshwater management. For this issue, we talked with some of the world's best experts and advocates for dam removal to find out what lessons they have learned on this complex topic, and what hopes they have for reviving the world's dammed rivers. This issue also has articles on wetlands restoration in Iraq, Europe and Florida; the latest on dam removals on the Klamath River (California), the Sandy River (Oregon), and throughout Spain; and profiles of inspiring river-revival advocates from around the globe.

Mountains of Concrete
Dam Building in the Himalayas

Our warming climate is changing the Himalayas faster than any other region of the world. The mountains’ mighty glaciers, the source of most large Asian rivers, are melting. The governments of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan want to build hundreds of mega-dams to generate electricity in order to transform the Himalayan rivers into the powerhouse of South Asia. In Mountains of Concrete, Shripad Dharmadhikary, one of South Asia’s foremost water and energy experts, discusses for the first time the linkages between climate change and dam-building in the Himalayas, and comprehensively analyzes the impacts of the dam building spree on the region's people, ecosystems, and economy.

Power Surge
The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos

Laos has declared it a national priority to catalyze the country's development through the rapid construction of large dams that export high-risk hydropower to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam. With six big dams already in operation, seven currently under construction, at least 12 more in the works and development deals pending on another 35, Laos is in the midst of an unprecedented dam-building boom. A new report from International Rivers, Power Surge, chronicles the social and environmental debt created by this boom.

Bad Deal for the Planet
Why Carbon Offsets Aren't Working...and How to Create a Fair Global Climate Accord

International Rivers' third annual "Dams, Rivers & People" report explains the failure of the world's biggest carbon offsets program to make a dent in greenhouse-gas emissions. It also maps the world of rivers and dams for the past year and pinpoints hotspots for the coming year. This report dissects the CDM's major flaws, and lays out a Greenhouse Development Rights framework for creating true climate equity through shared-burden carbon taxes and shared solidarity.

Publications by type:

• Reports
• World Rivers Review
• River Revival Bulletin
• Fact Sheets
• Dams, Rivers and People reports
• Books
• Slideshows
  

Publications by region:

• Africa
• China
• Latin America
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

Publications by topic:

• Climate Change
• Dam Basics
• Follow the Money
• Tools for Activists
• Water and Energy Solutions

To order hard copies of select publications email berklee [at] internationalrivers [dot] org.